Midnight Sun

 

Midnight Sun  By: Stephenie Meyer

I'm not sure if this book needs much introduction, it has been highly anticipated for awhile. I was so excited to see that Stephenie Meyer had continued this book. 

This is the same story as Twilight but through the eyes of Edward Cullen. How often do you have a chance to see the same story but through the eyes of two different characters. I loved that! It put a whole different spin and outlook on the story for me and I really enjoyed it. There is also some questions that I had in Twilight that are answered in this book.

If your a Twilight fan this is a MUST read.

2020 Book Challenge Review

 I am really proud of myself. I know that 20 books seem like nothing to some. But for me it's huge even without worrying about homework and schooling. I am so excited I made it and I enjoyed the ride. I am going to keep my book challenge at 20 for 2021 because I feel that is still al lofty goal for me with my full time school and night job. Here is a list of the books I read in 2020. Happy reading in 2021 !! :)

• Letters From Father Christmas
• The Christmas Hirelings
• DragonWatch
• Sense and Sensibility
• The Great Gatsby
• The Call of the Wild
• Twilight
• To Draw Closer To God
• The Lightening Thief
• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
• Through the Looking Glass
• The Count of Monte Cristo
• Time Jumpers
• Death Weavers
• Upside-Down Magic
• Crystal Keepers
• Rogue Knight
• Sky Raiders
• Warm Bodies
• Dead Mountain

Letters From Father Christmas

 

Letters From Father Christmas  By: JRR Tolkien

This is one of the cutest books I have read. It complies letters that were written to Tolkien's kids from Father Christmas, his friend Polar Bear and an elf. They also have drawings that Father Christmas drew to the kids of all the exciting adventures that he has had throughout the year. I can see this becoming a yearly read this time of year.

The Christmas Hirelings

 

The Christmas Hirelings  BY: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

This is such a cute short book. I really enjoy reading this around Christmas time. In this old England tale a widowed man who is enjoying the company of his niece and old friend around Christmas time. When the old friend proposes that in order to bring some fun into this lonely mans life that they may hire some children for Christmas to come and enjoy the holiday with them. The widowed man agrees only because his much beloved niece says it would make her so happy. But the widowed old man get more than just a joyous Christmas time out of the arrangement.

Dragonwatch

 

Dragonwatch Champion of the Titan Games  By: Brandon Mull

This book was just released October of this year and I really wanted to stretch it out as far as I could. I figured this was going to be easy since I had 4 different textbooks that I was going to be reading for my classes. I was doing really well till close to the end of the book. I stayed up till 2AM and "accidentally" finished the book. This has been such a fun series. I really enjoyed Fablehaven and this is 10x better. I dont know if its simply because of how much the characters have grown and evolved or because Brandon Mulls writing skills have grown and evolved or a mix of both. Course I have enjoyed most of the books I have read from him. He's a really great writer. I am having to impatiently wait for the next book to come out. Hopefully it will only be a year. I haven't felt like this from a series since Harry Potter. I'm sending Brandon Mull good vibes and energy to help him finish the next book. :p

Sense and Sensibility

 

Sense and Sensibility  By: Jane Austen

I have been a fan of Jane Austen for awhile and I have really enjoyed the 1995 film of this book with Kate Winslet, Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant. So the book has been on my list for awhile to read. I am delighted to say that it did not disappoint. I really enjoyed the story and the more detail that I was able to learn regarding the various characters personalities. For instance Willoughby is so much more in depth in the book then he is portrayed on film. I have learned long ago not to compare the book to the movie and vice versa. But I think the 1995 film did a pretty good job at taking all the fundamental elements of this book and putting it on screen; also adding a little extra to certain characters such as the younger sister Margaret. Overall I can add yet another Jane Austen book to my "like" list and maybe even come back to it again someday and re-read it.

The Great Gatsby

 

 The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

This book was nothing what I thought it was going to be. I was under the impression that this was a book about a corrupt mobster or other powerful man in the 20's. So I was shocked to find that in a way it is a tragic love story between a few different parties and couples. Not a romantic tragedy like Romeo and Juliet, but a plain sad tragic story.